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Gone to Ashbrook A five-bedroom house and a three-bedroom cottage available to rent for photoshoots, overnight stays, weekend escapes and holidays near Banbury, Oxfordshire.

Set in 16 acres. Airbnb

Here is out spring/summer/autumn/Christmas lineup (so far)! Tap on the link in my bio for tickets and I really look forw...
22/04/2023

Here is out spring/summer/autumn/Christmas lineup (so far)!

Tap on the link in my bio for tickets and I really look forward to seeing so many of you at Ashbrook soon!

P.s Keep me posted if you have any brainwaves for future workshops, I LOVE feedback and ideas. See you soon. Jx

I wanted to tell you about the change that has happened in my world today. It’s a positive change (I hope) but if I’m ho...
23/06/2020

I wanted to tell you about the change that has happened in my world today. It’s a positive change (I hope) but if I’m honest I’m a little nervous.

My recent 1 to 1’s sessions with the lovely Milla and Sally over the last week has taught me so much on how to improve my account. And my golly I was starting at a low base.

Over the next few weeks I’ll share some of the tips I’ve learnt on how to try to be more engaging but tonight I’ll kick off with the first change i’ve just made to my grid. And that is a name change.

pretty much sums up what we do in a nutshell. No more second guessing whether I’m a builder, architect or potter and with the help of the revised bio and new swanky link, I’m hoping it will clarify things further. But I’m a little nervous I’m going to lose a lot of followers with this change and so I wonder if any of you would be kind enough to share my new name?

Happy summer solstice and happy Father’s Day. We spent the day gardening while the girls went baking and we all enjoyed ...
21/06/2020

Happy summer solstice and happy Father’s Day. We spent the day gardening while the girls went baking and we all enjoyed delicious cakes for tea. How have you celebrated today? ⁣
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Flashback to last week’s fun photoshoot with the lovely Jo . Wow it was hot that day and the good news is the heat is s...
21/06/2020

Flashback to last week’s fun photoshoot with the lovely Jo . Wow it was hot that day and the good news is the heat is set to return this week.☀️☀️☀️ It promises to be scorchio! Are we ready for it?⁣
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A sweetie box of colour. 🍭 Who doesn’t love a pop of colour on their stairs? ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ...
19/06/2020

A sweetie box of colour. 🍭 Who doesn’t love a pop of colour on their stairs? ⁣
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Final call for any last minute photo shoot bookings in the wild flower meadow. It’s soon to have its summer haircut. 🌸🌿🌸...
18/06/2020

Final call for any last minute photo shoot bookings in the wild flower meadow. It’s soon to have its summer haircut. 🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸⁣
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Call 📞 07919 094251 to book. @ Banbury, Oxfordshire

Do you colour co-ordinate your books? ⁣⁣These were re-arranged by for a photoshoot last year and I think they bring a s...
18/06/2020

Do you colour co-ordinate your books? ⁣
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These were re-arranged by for a photoshoot last year and I think they bring a sense of calm and cohesion to the room. What do you think? ⁣
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The trickiest thing about shooting in a wildflower meadow is ensuring the tall grasses and oxide daisy’s don’t get tramp...
16/06/2020

The trickiest thing about shooting in a wildflower meadow is ensuring the tall grasses and oxide daisy’s don’t get trampled and spoil the image.
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Here jo makes it look effortless during this weeks tablescape photoshoot but I can assure you we were reaching for the hair straighteners by the end of it.
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Couldn’t be more excited with my beautiful Konig paint which has just arrived. Can you guess which colour will be for th...
12/06/2020

Couldn’t be more excited with my beautiful Konig paint which has just arrived. Can you guess which colour will be for the front door? ⁣
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I’m definitely stepping out of my comfort zone but I totally trust choice and judgement. Can’t wait to do the big reveal soon. ⁣
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⁣Anyone else feel that they are constantly making, eating, clearing snacks and meals all day long during lockdown? ⁣⁣So ...
11/06/2020

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Anyone else feel that they are constantly making, eating, clearing snacks and meals all day long during lockdown? ⁣
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So don’t be fooled by this tidy island, it hasn’t looked like this in weeks 😩.⁣
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Link in bio 📞 07919 094251 for all bookings. ⁣
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I’ve got a new favourite insta-crush, the house and garden of the utterly glamorous Alice Naylor-Leyland ( ). ⁣⁣She has...
09/06/2020

I’ve got a new favourite insta-crush, the house and garden of the utterly glamorous Alice Naylor-Leyland ( ). ⁣
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She has a fairytale vision of English country living and her table settings are sublime, (as you’d imagine with her mother being , the fabulous table laying aficionado). ⁣
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Do go and have a look at them both to see their glamorous table settings to suit every occasion. I have ALOT to learn. ⁣
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I couldn’t be more excited to show you a little something I have just won. The last time I actually won something was th...
04/06/2020

I couldn’t be more excited to show you a little something I have just won. The last time I actually won something was the scales competition at cello school when I was thirteen, but I’m not really counting that right now. ⁣
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No this win is exciting because it’s a painting by the fabulously talented that I bid on at the virtual Food4Heroes epic charity auction on Saturday night. And by sheer luck I won! Yay 😀 ⁣
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The money couldn’t go to a better charity right now and I’m thrilled to have contributed and even more so with our new painting. ⁣
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So I thought I’d give you a little glimpse of my prize, hanging centre stage in our kitchen. A beautiful snowy, tobogganing scene in all of my favourite colours. ⁣thank you for all your hard work at providing free and nutritious meals to frontline NHS staff until the end of the Covid-19 pandemic
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So I’ve got a conundrum and I’d love some help please. ⁣⁣After just 5 years the paint seems to be peeling off many of ou...
02/06/2020

So I’ve got a conundrum and I’d love some help please. ⁣
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After just 5 years the paint seems to be peeling off many of our windows outside, mainly on the north facing walls. Do I do a touch up job using the same paint, Clay Mid in oil eggshell from (making sure the surface is properly prepared this time) or do I take the opportunity to change the colour altogether as I’ve always thought them too yellow anyway?!? ⁣⁣
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If I do go for a complete change, can anyone suggest a long lasting exterior paint and even better, can you please tell me what colour to paint them. I’m hopeless at choosing colours and it’s particularly tricky for these windows as the colour needs to match in with all the elevations, the cream render, the red bricks and the Horton stone.⁣ and does it matter if they don’t then match the drainpipes? 😩⁣
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Link in bio 📞 07919 094251 for all bookings.

We’ve had a lovely family shielding in the cottage during lockdown who will shortly be heading back to the city once res...
31/05/2020

We’ve had a lovely family shielding in the cottage during lockdown who will shortly be heading back to the city once restrictions are lifted. ⁣
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I’ve got so used to having long term tenants I’m now slightly dreading reverting back to the normality of short stay holiday lets. It’s been a lovely break from endless changeovers and ironing piles sky high. ⁣
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Are you feeling the change in the air and is there something just round the corner that you’re dreading the return of? ⁣
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Link in bio 📞 07919 094251 for all bookings.

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29/05/2020

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Link in bio 📞 07919 094251 for all bookings.

Flower room? Dog room? Boot room or utility? No matter what this room is called it plays a vital role in the ebb and flo...
26/05/2020

Flower room? Dog room? Boot room or utility? No matter what this room is called it plays a vital role in the ebb and flow of Ashbrook house. ⁣
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Link in bio 📞 07919 094251 for all bookings.

I’m flattered to have so many new followers recently so I thought I’d say hello you all and share a little about who I a...
22/05/2020

I’m flattered to have so many new followers recently so I thought I’d say hello you all and share a little about who I am and what Gone to Ashbrook is about. I’m Josephine and I live here at Asbhrook with my husband, our 3 teenage daughters, our new puppy, Lettie Lockdown, Rosie our moggie, cracker the hamster and the chickens, Mabel and Iris. ⁣⁣
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We bought Ashbrook, a derelict farmstead back in 2011 with the idea of building our family home with a rentable guest cottage and all purposely designed as a shoot location with film and photography in mind.⁣⁣
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Nine years on we have had so much fun hosting a number of crew and guests from all over the world. And in turn, this has enabled us to continue to develop the grounds to make Ashbrook a joyful location for all.⁣⁣
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So this account is a mix of everything I love about life here at Ashbrook - gardening, interiors, design and upcoming projects. And I share a few tips I’ve picked up along the way about building from scratch as well as examples of work from my sketch design business (see my SKETCH DESIGN stories)⁣⁣
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A special thanks goes to who have helped me so much in turning what was once a field of grazing cattle into now a lovely garden and to from who without him this house would not be. ⁣
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Link in bio 📞 07919 094251 for all bookings. @ Banbury, Oxfordshire

Bookings being taken for outdoor shoots 😃⁣⁣Starting from £90 per hour, click the link in the bio for a full breakdown of...
18/05/2020

Bookings being taken for outdoor shoots 😃⁣
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Starting from £90 per hour, click the link in the bio for a full breakdown of rates⁣.
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Have you ever wished for window seats but your walls just aren’t thick enough? ⁣⁣It’s a common circumstance with so many...
16/05/2020

Have you ever wished for window seats but your walls just aren’t thick enough? ⁣
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It’s a common circumstance with so many houses, particularly 𝐧𝐞𝐰-𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐬, so this morning I thought I’d show you how we overcame it at Ashbrook in 5 simple steps: ⁣
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1. Build out around the windows with a deep timber frame ⁣
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2. Face the frame with a chunky cornice. We sourced ours from
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3. For an authentic look try finding old floorboards to make the window seats, mdf just doesn’t have the character. We found ours ⁣
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4. Give your old floorboards a gentle clean up and wax With . Doesn’t matter that the boards have d***s and scuffs and might be a bit wonky, it all adds to the charm.,⁣
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5. And finally... create a timber panel to hide the wall behind it. Here we went for a New-England style vibe and painted the wall behind with jet black paint, giving the impression that there’s a lovely deep reveal behind. ⁣
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Link in bio 📞 07919 094251 for all bookings. @ Banbury, Oxfordshire

There’s a secret behind this old stone cooker hood... and that is that it’s made almost entirely from 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 (see ...
12/05/2020

There’s a secret behind this old stone cooker hood... and that is that it’s made almost entirely from 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 (see method below), copied from a picture I’d seen on Pinterest and re-created on a shoestring budget. ⁣
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And 5 years ago today the hood was created. ⁣
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1. Built wooden frame to take the weight of the cooker hood. ⁣
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2. screwed plasterboard to the face of the frame. ⁣
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3. Attached cornice moulding to create the look of ‘corbels’ . ⁣
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4. gave it a good plaster skim⁣
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5. added score marks and lines with a pencil to give the look of stone corbels stacked on top of each other ⁣
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6. Once it was dry, distressed with watered down paint from . ⁣
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Link in bio 📞 07919 094251 for all bookings.
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10/05/2020

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Link in bio 📞 07919 094251 for all bookings.

07/05/2020

Happy . A worthy bank holiday in remembrance. ⁣
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Link in bio 📞 07919 094251 for all bookings.

Lettie lockdown offers a free in-house modelling service for all photo shoots at Ashbrook!⁣ 😃⁣ ...
05/05/2020

Lettie lockdown offers a free in-house modelling service for all photo shoots at Ashbrook!⁣ 😃
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Link in bio 📞 07919 094251 for all bookings.
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Rockin’-Rollo is a family heirloom. Made by back in the 70’s in my home town of , he has seen me through my childhoo...
04/05/2020

Rockin’-Rollo is a family heirloom. Made by back in the 70’s in my home town of , he has seen me through my childhood, now my children’s and hoping someday my grand-children too! Do any of you still have yours? I only wish my back was in as good shape as his! ⁣
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Link in bio 📞 07919 094251 for all bookings.

I wonder whether our study will ever look like this again after lockdown!?! ⁣⁣ 😫⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ ...
01/05/2020

I wonder whether our study will ever look like this again after lockdown!?! ⁣
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30/04/2020

Lettie Lockdown’s bedroom. ⁣
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I can hear the garden breathing again📞 07919 094 251 for all bookings or click the link in the bio ...
28/04/2020

I can hear the garden breathing again

📞 07919 094 251 for all bookings or click the link in the bio



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Happy Friday everyone 😃. Well done all teachers around the country who have successfully pulled off their first week of ...
24/04/2020

Happy Friday everyone 😃. Well done all teachers around the country who have successfully pulled off their first week of homeschooling! I will be clapping for all of you tonight with a large . Down pencils everyone, get into your flip flops, school’s out! !!! @ Banbury, Oxfordshire

Being married to a man who’s 6ft 8” often has its challenges. 😬 And finding a bath large enough to fit him was one of th...
21/04/2020

Being married to a man who’s 6ft 8” often has its challenges. 😬 And finding a bath large enough to fit him was one of them. ⁣
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Luckily for us, during the build of Ashbrook we found this gorgeous antique cast iron one from salvage company. All we then had to do was build the bedroom big enough to house it!⁣
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Reclaimed cast iron bath hand-painted in ⁣
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Numire denim rug
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Wall lights and bedspread photographer

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School starts this week!. Do you think lessons outside will be frowned upon? Not that screens work all that well in the ...
19/04/2020

School starts this week!. Do you think lessons outside will be frowned upon? Not that screens work all that well in the sunshine, or our internet for that matter! God only know how distant learning is going to play out! 😬😫 good luck to you all!

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Completed in 2014, The House, Cottage, Pavilion and Grounds at Ashbrook were created by acclaimed UK interior designer, Josephine Maydon with film, photography and house rental in mind. Ashbrook is a natural paradise with 16-acres of gorgeous grounds located at the intersection of three beautiful British counties: Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.